Tech support scams continue to be one of the top consumer threats in 2018, despite actions from security vendors and law enforcement. Scammers are constantly looking for new ways to reel in more victims, going beyond cold calls impersonating Microsoft to rogue tech support ads using the good name of legitimate brands, and of course, malicious pop-ups. We have been monitoring a particular tech … [Read more...]
Jérôme Segura September 13, 2018
Partnerstroka: Large tech support scam operation features latest browser locker
Filed Under: Blogger redirects, browlock, browlocks, browser locker, browser lockers, cybercrime, Decoy sites, GoDaddy, HTTP authentication, Indicators of compromise, IOC, IOCs, malicious pop-ups, malvertising, Malwarebytes Browser Extension, Malwarebytes Browser Extensions, Partnerstroka, rogue tech support ads, Social engineering, stroka, tech support, tech support scams, TSS